Jerez circuit renamed in honor of Ángel Nieto on thursday

Even before starting the official program of the Spain GP MotoGP, Ángel Nieto will be the target of another tribute. Next thursday the Circuito de Jerez will officially change its name to Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, in a ceremony that will take place at 12h00 local time in the main building of the race track.

According to the site TodoCircuito, also on thursday at 12h30 will be revealed a bust of Ángel Nieto by the sculptor Agustín Estudillo, which is located next door two. The trophies for the winners of the races of the three categories will be a version of the same bust.

After the press conference of thursday afternoon, the delivery of the Premios del Motor Ciudad de Jerez takes place, a ceremony that will also pay tribute to Ángel Nieto. The distinguished will be Valentino Rossi for his trajectory as a rider, Carmelo Ezpeleta for being the person/entity whose trajectory most stood out; and also to the late Paco Pacheco, the andalusian citizen who contributed the most to motorsport.

There will also be two other moments of tribute to Nieto: on friday at 12h00 pm the Ángel Nieto Foundation will be presented and on Sunday at 10h30 the children of the late gone rider, Gelete and Pablo Nieto will make a lap to the andalusian track in the Garelli 125 and Derbi 80 formerly rider by his father.